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TIL that soldiers during the Vietnan War reported seeing bigfoot like creatures, which they named "Rock Apes".

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QN0je TIL It's illegal to wrestle a bear in Missouri
lon0B TIL butter sticks that are sold in the United States come in two distinct shapes (although containing the same amount of butter) depending to a large extent on whether it is being sold East or West of the Rocky Mountains.
5raQ TIL an aboriginal artist only discovered that one of his designs had been used on the Australian $1 note when someone brought a wad of cash to his village in 1966. He was compensated with a medallion, a fishing tackle box and $1,000.
O64R TIL that Palestinian-American activist Alex Odeh was killed in California by a bomb. Three suspects linked with the Jewish Defense League fled to Israel before they could be arrested.
jnRp TIL that Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, one of America’s richest men, was listed as drowning aboard the Titanic despite a last minute decision not to go. He was then killed when Lusitania was sunk three years later.